How to build a toddler bed with bed rails step 1.
How to build a toddler bed rail.
Make the platform base the base of the bed is a frame made out of the 1x6s and cross beam 2x4s for support.
I used the railing from our old crib and cut it to build new bed rails for the twin beds that i made last time.
Of course we needed bed rails to keep our rambunctious little one from rolling out of bed at night so of course like usual we made them ourselves.
To build this toddler bed guard you ll need the following.
There isn t much worse than transitioning your toddler out of their crib and into a real bed only to hear a thud in the middle of the night usually.
3 x 10 sections of 1 1 4 pvc pipe yes they will fit in your minivan device to cut the pvc see cut it up section pvc cement small wood screws 3 4 suggested drill bits and such for option a 6 x 1 1 4 90 degree pvc elbows 8 x 1 1 4 pvc tees 3 x 1 1 4 4 way tees.
Custom fitted to his bed these bed rails are not.
Nov 16 2014 jamison rantz 16 comments so our 3 year old boy brayden finally made the switch to a big boy bed full time.